"Old Tibet" to "Shangri-la": "Medieval" darkness sank to oblivion
Second, there also seems to be a "common sense" that the "old Tibet" which is like the "Medieval Europe", as noted by the 14th Dalai Lama himself, should not be mentioned because it could undermine the "Kashag", the "Tibet government-in-exile" and the "His Holiness the Dalai Lama".
No matter how hard the Chinese government and Chinese scholars, including Tibetan and the Han people, try to present the interview videos and transcriptions, the documentary tapes, and human body parts stored as sacrificial or punishment items to show the darkness of the serfdom Tibet, the western world mainly utters suspect and even "rage" at China's "fabrication". The deeds of taking parts of human body to be religious instrument and human sacrifice are fully described also in western scholars' books such as A History of Modern Tibet (Goldstein, 2007) and The Making of Modern Tibet (Grunfeld, 1996). Yet, these have never been mentioned as "human rights" violation while the 14th Dalai Lama and his oversea debt collectors reproach China with the "human rights" slogan.
The sole prevalent vision of the "old Tibet" to these modern westerners seems to be a mysterious Shangri-la where people live in Utopia and was destroyed by "the PLA's entry into Tibet". Interestingly, they forget to note "this hasn't been verified", but single-mindedly believe in what the "exiled leaders" say.
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